Talk:Denny Tsai

Denny described his process of creating his avatars in a profound and vivid manner. While creating his self-avatar, Denny described the process as tedious and relatively hard. This is due to the software, i.e. evolver.com, not having enough features to create a portrait that looks exactly like Denny. Some of the features that Denny said was hard to create were his face, his hairstyle, and the clothing he wears on a day-to-day basis. Another issue that Denny pointed out with self-portrait avatar creation process was that while he was creating his self-avatar, he tried to spend more time on it because it is on a more personal level. His peers, close friends, etc. can identify him more easily, and if the self portrait avatar was critcized, it's almost like critcizng his identity in real life. I also liked the outside example he brought up with Warcraft 3, and how he tied that with creating his personal avatar. In Warcraft 3, everyone has a profile of their win-loss percentage. If their win-loss percentage isn't too good, then their self-identity might be lowered. I thought that was a very good point he brought up because creating your self-avatar and managing your personal profile on Warcraft 3 are both related to your identity in real life. Now, with his fantasy avatar, he also did a pretty good job in explaining how he created the portrait. He said it was less tedious to create, and I also liked how he utilized his outside source with playing Halo. While creating his fantasy avatar, Denny tried to make a picture of him playing Halo. He tried to make his face based on the comments others gave him. Overweight, lives in moms basement, etc. Furthermore, I like how he utilized a zombie face because of less exposure to sunshine while sitting in the basement playing video games all day. One thing he could elaborate a little more on is at the end, he said he wished he had an XBOX controller in one hand and a mountain dew can in another. He could elaborate by saying, I wish the software had stuff like putting a mountain dew or soda can in your hand. But overall, I think he did a great job on this project. – Z. Butler